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33. Nc3
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Dually threatening Black's Queen. |
 
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33... Qd7
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Hooray! Driving Freddy back. |
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34. Rxe3
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34. Rxe3 I refuse to give up my B-pair as the two Bishops working together are key in this tourney. If I move Rd1 to safety, I'm certain that Freddy will exchange the N for B. If I move Bh3, Black simply moves Qc6+ and Rd1 falls as it is en prise. So I give up the exchange. Besides, I have another Rook. How many rooks does one player need? |
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34... Bxe3 35. Nd5
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A happy little fork. |
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35... Bxf4 36. Nxf4 Qg4
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One good fork deserves another. |
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37. Bf3 Qxf4 38. Bg3
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Chasing Black's Q away and pinning Rc7 |
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38... Qf5 39. Be4 Qf6 40. Bg2
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Again, I don't take the Rook because I'm focused on keeping my B-pair and I feel the exchange works against me. I'm hoping to bring my Rook into the game. |
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40... Kc8 41. Re1 Qc3 42. Ne6
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Making a play for the Rook. |
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42... Rd7 43. Bh3 Qxd3
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Black is picking off my pawns. White is falling further behind in material but chances remain. |
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44. Nf4 Qc2 45. Re2 Qd1+ 46. Re1 Qf3+ 47. Bg2 Qc3
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I felt like White has nice piece coordination at this point but I just can't find a way to mount an attack. |
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48. Bh3 g5 49. Nd5 Qf3+ 50. Bg2 Qf7
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I've made it to 50 moves against freddy, easily my best game ever against him. Oh, and "Hooray"--I send the Black Q away (temporarily). |
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51. Rf1 Qg8
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Black's Q and R are where they were in the beginning stages of the game. |
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52. Nc3
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52. Nc3. I make this move as worry 52...Rxd5 53. Bxd5 Qxd5 leaving Q+R vs B+R. |
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52... gxh4
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uh oh. |
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53. Be5 Rh5
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Black begins closing in. Not sure what White could have done. |
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54. Bf4 h3 55. Be4 Qf7 56. Rf3 Rf5
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At this point, I now it's over. I don't see any way out for White. I make my goal to get to 60 moves. |
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57. Bxf5
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Thus ends my B-pair. |
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57... Qxf5 58. Ne2 Qe4 59. Ng1 Rd1
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I know mate is next so I moved the only piece I can. |
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60. Bb8 Qxf3#
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And so it ends. During the middle game, I saw any number of possible ways for White to win if Black would only have made a small error. Sadly, so far as I could discern, Black never did and White's attack never developed. I really enjoyed this game and my sincere thanks to freddy for including me in this tourney. I look forward to any insight/comments you all may have. |
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